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OMRDD |
ACD |
Alternate Care Determination |
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OASAS |
ACS |
Administration for Children's Services |
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OMRDD |
ADA |
Americans with Disabilities Act |
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General |
ADD |
Attention Deficit Disorder |
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General |
ADHD |
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |
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General |
ADL |
Activities of Daily Living, such as hygiene, dining and dressing. |
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OASAS |
AOD |
Alcohol and Other Drugs |
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General |
ASFA |
Adoption and Safe Families Act |
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OMRDD |
ASO |
Access to Services Office |
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General |
AT |
Assistive Technology |
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OASAS |
ATC |
Addiction Treatment Center |
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State Ed |
BOCES |
Board of Cooperative Educational Services |
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State Ed |
BOE |
Board of Education |
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General |
CASA |
Court Appointed Special Advocate |
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General |
CCF |
Council on Children & Families |
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General |
CCSI |
Coordinated Children's Services Initiatives |
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OASAS |
CD |
Chemical Dependency |
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General |
CDC |
Centers for Disease Control (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) |
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OASAS |
CDY |
Chemical Dependency Youth services |
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OMRDD |
Central Entry |
Regular meeting of providers to review applications for services. |
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OMH |
CFT |
Child and Family Team |
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OMH |
CFT |
Child and Family Team |
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General |
CHIP |
Children's Health Insurance Program, the federal program that provides funds for state Children's health care such as New York's Child Health Plus |
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General |
CHP |
Child Health Plus, New York's health insurance plan for low income children |
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General |
Coalition ("The Coalition") |
The Coalition of Voluntary Mental Health Agencies, Inc |
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General |
CP |
Cerebral Palsy |
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OMH |
CPEP |
Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program |
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State Ed |
CPSE |
Committee on Preschool Special Education |
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General |
CQC |
Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled |
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General |
CR |
Community Residence |
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General |
Cross Systems Youth |
Children and adolescents who require support and services from more than one of the New York State's child-serving agencies |
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State Ed |
CRP |
Children's Residential Program |
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State Ed |
CSE |
Committee on Special Education |
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General |
CSS |
Cross Systems Solutions. Hillside Children's Center program designed to facuilitate evaluation and referral for cross-systems youth |
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OCFS |
DAS |
Developmental Abilities Service |
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OMRDD |
DC |
Developmental Center. |
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General |
DD |
Developmental Disability. Developmental disabilities are a variety of conditions that become apparent during childhood and cause mental or physical limitation. These conditions include autism, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, mental retardation, and other neurological impairments.
People with developmental disabilities may not learn as quickly as others or express themselves clearly. Some people may have limited ability to take care of their physical needs or may have limited mobility. Many have more than one disability. |
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General |
DD |
Dual Diagnosis. Refers to having more than 1 type of clinically defined deficit. Classic examples are having a mental illness and chemical dependency issues, or having a developmental disability and mental illness. |
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OMRDD |
DDSO |
Developmental Disabilities Services Office |
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OCFS |
DFA |
Department of Family Assistance. NY State Dept. that replaced Dept.of Social Services - DSS |
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General |
DOH |
Department of Health |
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OCFS |
DSS |
Department of Social Services |
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General |
ED |
Emergency Department |
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State Ed |
EI |
Early Intervention |
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State Ed |
EIP |
Early Intervention Program |
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OMH |
FACT |
Family Access Connections Team. In Monroe County, acts as SPOA as well as a screening/diversion process for youth with legal issues. |
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General |
Family Court |
Division of the legal system that rules on youth |
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State Ed |
FAPE |
Free Appropriate Public Education |
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General |
FAS |
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome |
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OCFS |
FASP |
Family Activity Service Plan |
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General |
FBA |
Functional Behavioral Assessment |
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General |
FDA |
Food and Drug Association |
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OMRDD |
FLDDSO |
Finger Lakes Developmentaql Disabilities Services Office |
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OCFS |
Foster Care |
Foster care is the concept of providing supports to the youth out of home and services span all aspects of the OCFS and OCFS/DRS placement spectrum. |
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General |
HCBS |
Home and Community-Based Services |
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OMRDD |
HCBSW |
Home and Community Based Services Waiver |
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General |
HHS |
Health and Human Services |
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OMH |
ICC |
Individual Care Coordinator |
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OMRDD |
ICF |
Intermediate Care Facility |
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State Ed |
IDEA |
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act |
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State Ed |
IEP |
Individualized Education Plan |
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General |
IQ |
Intelligence Quotient |
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OMRDD |
IRA |
Individualized Residential Alternative |
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OMRDD |
ISP |
Individualized Service Plan |
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OMRDD |
ISU |
Intensive Support Unit |
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OMRDD |
ITT |
Interdisciplinary Treatment Team |
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OMH |
ITU |
Intensive Treatment Unit |
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OCFS |
JD |
Juvenile Delinquent |
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General |
LCSW |
Licensed Clinical Social Worker |
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General |
LD |
Learning Disability, Learning Disabled |
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OCFS |
LDSS |
Local social services district |
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OASAS |
LGU |
Local Governmental Unit |
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General |
LOC |
Level of Care |
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OASAS |
LOCADTR |
Level of Care for Alcohol and Drug Treatment Referral |
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General |
LRE |
Least Restrictive Environment |
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General |
MA |
Medicaid |
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OMH |
Mental Illness |
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General |
MH |
Mental Health |
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General |
MHA |
Mental Hygiene Arrest |
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General |
MHLS |
Mental Hygiene Legal Service |
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General |
MI |
Mental Illness |
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OMH |
MICA |
Mental Illness/Chemical Abuse |
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General |
MR |
Mental Retardation |
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OMRDD |
MSC |
Medicaid Service Coordinator |
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General |
MSW |
Master of Social Work |
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OMH |
NAMI |
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill |
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General |
NIH |
National Institutes of Health |
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General |
NIMH |
National Institute of Mental Health |
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General |
NP |
Nurse Practitioner |
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State Ed |
NYSED |
New York State Education Department |
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General |
OASAS |
Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services |
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General |
OCFS |
Office of Children and Family Services |
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General |
OMH |
Office of Mental Health |
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General |
OMRDD |
Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities |
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OMH |
OPC |
Outpatient Clinic |
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State Ed |
OSES |
Office for Special Education Services (State Education Department) |
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General |
OT |
Occupational Therapy |
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General |
OTR |
Registered Occupational Therapist |
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General |
PA |
Physician's Assistant |
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OMH |
PACC |
Pre-Approval Certification Committee |
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General |
PCP |
Primary Care Physician |
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OMRDD |
PCP |
Person Centered Planning |
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OCFS |
PINS |
Person in Need of Supervision |
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OASAS |
PPC-2 |
Patient Placement Criteria, 2nd edition |
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General |
PT |
Physical Therapy |
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OMRDD |
QMRP |
Qualified Mental Retardation Professional |
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OCFS |
RTC |
Residential Treatment Center |
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OMH |
RTF |
Residential Treatment Facility |
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OASAS |
SA |
Substance Abuse |
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OASAS |
SAMSA |
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration |
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OMRDD |
SCIP-R |
Strategies for Crisis Intervention & Prevention-Revised |
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General |
SED |
State Education Department |
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General |
SED |
Severely Emotionally Disturbed |
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OCFS |
SILP |
Specialized Independent Living Program |
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General |
SLP |
Speech Language Pathologist |
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General |
SO |
State Operated |
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General |
SP |
Speech Pathology |
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OMH |
SPMI |
Seriously Persistently Mentally Ill |
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OMH |
SPOA |
Single Point of Accountability |
|
General |
SSA |
Social Security Administration |
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General |
SSDI |
Social Security Disability Insurance |
|
General |
SSI |
Supplemental Security Income |
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State Ed |
STAC |
System for Tracking and Accounting for Children |
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General |
TBI |
Traumatic Brain Injury |
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OMH |
TFH |
Teaching Family Homes |
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General |
UACS |
Understanding Access to Services for Youth. The acronym is pronounced "You Access" |
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State Ed |
VESID |
Vocational & Educational Services for Individual with Disabilities |
